Vilas County, Wisconsin

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Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

October 2021

Wanted to pass this by you as I was out duck hunting today (10/17/21) in north central Wisconsin' Powell Marsh area to be exact. This is a very remote marsh area surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of state and National forests. You can access this marsh zone via paths the DNR has to maintain Water levels and people do watch migratory birds from a couple observation areas along road. I was more on a walk with the potential to jump shoot some puddle ducks as you can see not a cloud around. Nor were there ducks. Not even sure it is a sighting but seemed rather strange. Something told me to look behind me as I was going the opposite direction as the figure. After watching this object for a couple hundred yards I decided to grab my cell phone. It is a long way away but appears black, large, and fast. We have bear, very few moose, wolves, and occasional Elk around. Feel free to say it is a guy on a bike-riding in the peat moss, or a guy on a 4 wheeler in a prohibited...

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Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Family discovers possible snow tracks in their yard near Land O' Lakes

Large footprint looking tracks in snow. We followed the inline footstep looking prints through a heavily wooded unpopulated area. The track line looked like footprints in 10 inches of snow approximate...

December 2013

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Friends enjoying a late night together are startled by a eerie howl near Eagle River

I and two other friends were sitting in their vehicle at Eagle Lake during the evening. I was sitting in the back seat and our side window was rolled down. We heard an erie yell, it sounded to me like...

June 2013

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime activity at a cabin near Phelps

It was February 25th 12:50am up at our family cabin which is located between the Ottawa National and Nicolet National Forest. The Cabin is on a deadend street, a few roads off of an entrance to a lake...

February 2012

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Man hears footsteps, inexplicable noise in Vilas County

This happened in Vilas county when i was hunting during the bow season. I was near Trout lake or i call it Trout Springs. Anyways i woke up that morning at about 4 in the morning and i hopped in the t...

October 2001

Shenandoah County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Early morning road crossing near Woodstock

It was about 4:00 am on April 3, 2014 I was driving to work south on Route 11 towards Woodstock, VA. I saw a tall dark figure move from the east side of the edge of road and go into the brush down int...

April 2014

Polk County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

Six foot tall or taller, black creature was observed leaping into the air and disappearing into the trees on a bike trail near the Des Moines River

I heard the deer coming toward me over to my left. I was going down the trail and the deer was coming in the opposite direction about a hundred feet over to my left. He kept looking over his right sho...

February 2000

Clackamas County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Family is approached near their forest cabin

About 11 years ago, my fiance and I had a cabin on Mt. Hood in Oregon state. We were in the roofing business and I was sorting out some cedar shakes outside the cabin. I had my Rottweiler tied to a tr...

June 1993

Marquette County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by hunters near Gwinn (Upper Peninsula)

I WAS WITH MY FRIEND RICK. HE WAS DRIVING US DOWN COUNTY RD SW IN WELLS TOWNSHIP, HEADING WEST TOWARDS COUNTY RD 557. WE HAD BEEN MOVING ALONG SLOWLY TOWARD 557. I COULD SEE THE PAVEMENT AND THE SUN W...

January 1990

Tattnall County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

Multiple witness sighting near Beards Creek Church, outside Glennville

Two friends and I were driving out to the country to check out and old graveyard. Near the old graveyard there's a new church and a larger new graveyard. It was late at night probably around ten o...

January 1982

Oswego County New York (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek

I was driving from my grandparents house to my girlfriends house one night in early fall at about 10 pm. The area I was heading to is up in Tughill plateau which is a very dense wooded area. I was abo...

September 1996

Rapides Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

Child has encounter while looking at the night sky

This is in reference to report #3777, its occurance was in Pineville, Lousiana. I believe that throughout the course of my life, (I'm 27 now), I have encountered this "bigfoot" twice, possibly thr...

July 1985

Desha County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

Late night sighting by motorist

In May 2001, my wife and I were traveling from Pine Bluff, AR to Watson,AR, a town 16 miles east of Dumas, AR. It was late at night, about 1:00 a.m. I don't remember the exact date but it was late May...

May 2001